Now, they're back with "In Your Imagination," a remixed Reading Rainbow video that not only highlights great little phrases that are both funny and profound (I will never get tired of Levar Burton saying "I love maps," I don't think) but also reminds you just how long Burton has been working on this project — which went off the air in 2009 after 23 years and 155 episodes, but which has been relaunched, thus far as an app, by Burton himself.

I'm not sure I love it more than the Mr. Rogers video, but it's lovely. You can listen to Mandalit del Barco's story from Tuesday's Morning Edition at the link above.

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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

Let's hear now how an old beloved cultural touchstone in this country is being reworked for a contemporary audience. It's a long-running public TV show for kids. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports.

MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: PBS cancelled "Reading Rainbow" in 2006 after 23 years of teaching children about the joys of literature. But it lives again on YouTube with its host LeVar Burton in Auto-Tune.

(SOUNDBITE OF VIDEO)

LEVAR BURTON: (Singing) There are stories everywhere you look, if you're looking the right way. New castles were built, mysteries to be solved, the answer (unintelligible)...

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

The remix is a mash-up of clips with Burton encouraging young viewers to read. This year, Burton also launched an app that repurposes content from the original TV show. He told the website Tech Crunch that fans are also reworking the theme song.